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Job 21:4

Context
NETBible

Is my 1  complaint against a man? 2  If so, 3  why should I not be impatient? 4 

NIV ©

biblegateway Job 21:4

"Is my complaint directed to man? Why should I not be impatient?

NASB ©

biblegateway Job 21:4

"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

NLT ©

biblegateway Job 21:4

"My complaint is with God, not with people. No wonder I’m so impatient.

MSG ©

biblegateway Job 21:4

"It's not [you] I'm complaining to--it's God. Is it any wonder I'm getting fed up with his silence?

BBE ©

SABDAweb Job 21:4

As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Job 21:4

As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?

NKJV ©

biblegateway Job 21:4

"As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were , why should I not be impatient?

[+] More English

KJV
As for me, [is] my complaint
<07879>
to man
<0120>_?
and if [it were so], why should not my spirit
<07307>
be troubled
<07114> (8799)_?
{troubled: Heb. shortened?}
NASB ©

biblegateway Job 21:4

"As for me, is my complaint
<07879>
to man
<0120>
? And why
<04069>
should I not be impatient
<07114>
?
LXXM
ti
<5100
I-ASN
gar
<1063
PRT
mh
<3165
ADV
anyrwpou
<444
N-GSM
mou
<1473
P-GS
h
<3588
T-NSF
elegxiv
<1649
N-NSF
h
<2228
CONJ
dia
<1223
PREP
ti
<5100
I-ASN
ou
<3364
ADV
yumwyhsomai
<2373
V-FPI-1S
NET [draft] ITL
Is my
<0595>
complaint
<07879>
against a man
<0120>
? If
<0518>
so, why
<04069>
should I not
<03808>
be impatient
<07307>
?
HEBREW
yxwr
<07307>
ruqt
<07114>
al
<03808>
ewdm
<04069>
Maw
<0518>
yxyv
<07879>
Mdal
<0120>
yknah (21:4)
<0595>

NETBible

Is my 1  complaint against a man? 2  If so, 3  why should I not be impatient? 4 

NET Notes

tn The addition of the independent pronoun at the beginning of the sentence (“Is it I / against a man / my complaint”) strengthens the pronominal suffix on “complaint” (see GKC 438 §135.f).

sn The point seems to be that if his complaint were merely against men he might expect sympathy from other men; but no one dares offer him sympathy when his complaint is against God. So he will give free expression to his spirit (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 147).

tn On disjunctive interrogatives, see GKC 475 §150.g.

tn Heb “why should my spirit/breath not be short” (see Num 21:4; Judg 16:16).




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